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The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat,
where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion. Rene discharges a
personal debt by transferring possession of O...
Director: Just Jaeckin
Writers: Dominique Aury (novel) (as Pauline Réage) , Sébastien Japrisot
Stars: Corinne Cléry, Udo Kier, Anthony Steel |
Storyline :
The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion. Rene discharges a personal debt by transferring possession of O to his step-brother, Sir Stephen...
Movie Reviews :
Worthwhile soft porn
Based on a novel by
Dominique Aury, Story of O is an arty version of the classic story of
S&M. Despite the sadomasochistic tone, the film is actually rather
soft; but while it may not delight fans of the more hardcore
pornography, the way that director Just Jaeckin tried to elevate the
story above what it is and make a 'classic' film, as well as the fact
that parts of it actually are erotic means that this is at least a
fairly successful piece of softcore porn. The film focuses on a woman
simply named 'O' (which is somewhat ironic because it sounds like a
James Bond codename and the lead is played by Moonraker Bond girl
Corinne Clery). She goes out with a man named Rene, who decides to take
her to a retreat where she is trained in sexual perversion. It's clear
that the director obviously valued his subject material and although the
film fails as a classy drama; the way that it's filmed does give some
extra interest. The acting is actually fairly decent, with Corinne Clery
standing out alongside Anthony Steel and Udo Kier. There's a fair
amount of sexual perversion involved although the film does not go into
great detail with most of it; but we do get plenty of whipping and
lesbianism at least. I have to say that I preferred Gerard Damiano's
'The Story of Joanna', which was also based on the classic French novel;
but this is decent enough stuff and worthwhile for one viewing.
